This small crater is mostly filled by Athabasca Valles lava. The lava fill has a depressed surface demonstrating deflation, as in other cases where craters have been entirely buried and filled, but this crater is at the flow margin so the original rim and part of the surface are visible. This observation provides clear evidence that these features are due to deflating lava in craters.

ID: ESP_065969_1875
date: 22 August 2020
altitude: 274 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_065969_1875
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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